CRP Posts Lawmakers’ Personal Finances

Even the most diverse blue-chip portfolios have likely taken a hit over the last year and with the personal financial disclosure reports coming out of the House and Senate this week, we’ll have a chance to see how our lawmakers fared. Did they personally benefit by infusing the finance companies with taxpayer cash? Or were they hit hard like most of the country? The Washington Post took an initial look at some of these questions today and we’ll do our own analysis–including a look at the industries that lawmakers invested in–in the coming weeks.

Want to dig in, too? Every year on May 15, members of Congress and the executive branch must file their personal financial disclosure reports covering the year before. The House reports were released this week and we’ll have most of those posted to our personal financial disclosure database by the end of the day. The Senate reports will be released tomorrow and we’ll be getting those up on our site over the weekend. And over the next several weeks, we’ll be keying in the information for a more comprehensive picture of what our lawmakers were worth in 2008.

Dan is responsible for overseeing the Center's databases tracking lobbying activity and the revolving door. He joined the Center in 2004 and has specialized in monitoring political action committees and the personal finances of government officials. Dan previously worked as a research associate for Common Cause and graduated from the University of Delaware with degrees in political science and history.

Except for the Revolving Door section, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License by OpenSecrets.org. To request permission for commercial use, please contact us.